David Lorge Parnas writes: The Citizen's lengthy article on the how Sen. Mike Duffy got in this mess answered every question one might have, except perhaps the most basic one: Why was someone who had spent so much of his adult life in Ontario chosen to be a senator from P.E.I.?

Not all museums are anti-selfie stick. The Canadian Museum of Nature welcomes them! For many, sharing the museum experience has become an essential part of a museum visit, writes John Swettenham, Director, Marketing and Media Relations, Canadian Museum of Nature.

Sometimes force is necessary
Re: Stephen Harper, warmonger, March 21.
Joseph Heath's opinion piece assumes Prime Minister Stephen Harper is operating in a vacuum and not a world where cause and effect, action and reaction exist.

As President of the Canadian Association for Community Living, I was concerned when I read the article about so many people with developmental disabilities losing their jobs with the federal government. The personal impact on those individuals can’t be ignored, writes Laurie Larson.

Josephine Herman writes: I remember the day I became aware of my surroundings — suddenly I was in the room of an old building and my husband was putting my clothes in the closet. I knew I was in a hospital. I did not know why I was there or why my husband was leaving me there, but I trusted him and kept telling myself there must be an explanation.

Much criticism has been levelled at the proposed income-splitting for families with children on the grounds that it benefits only 15 per cent of the people. This is a flawed argument, writes Tony Manera.

There was no joy in Mudville when Canada this week implemented the cluster munitions treaty. The single compromise the government made during hearings (removal of the word "using" in the draft bill) was not sufficient because Canada does not own cluster munitions, and we have never used them, writes Robin Collins, Secretary, World Federalist Movement — Canada.

This Citizen story about 50 workers with developmental disabilities who are losing their jobs at a Tunney's Pasture paper-shredding facility left me absolutely stunned. Is this what Canadian society has now become? Can anyone in their right mind justify this decision?

I have great sympathy for Marcus Kolga when he spelled out the tragic circumstances of the refugees who suffered under the communist regime. I also agree with him that the planned Memorial to the Victims of Communism must go ahead. Where I part company with him is the location.

Carleton Ravens head coach Dave Smart and his players work extraordinarily hard to achieve excellence on the court and, as their record of 11 national championships in 13 years indicates, they are successful, writes Dick Brown.

Unlike columnist William Watson, I didn't find Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's speech Americanized — it was a balance between individual liberty and collective identity as set out in the nuanced Charter of Rights and Freedoms (and related duties) not so apparent in America, writes Peter Haley.

It is election year, so it came as no surprise that Prime Minister Stephen Harper poked at the hornet's nest and brought up the issue of gun control — again, writes Dilan Rasool. Do you think that guns are necessary for the security of rural Canadians? Share your views at: letters@ottawacitizen.com